
OUR VISION
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Since 2013, Government funding for youth services
has eradicated year on year. Youth club closures
and a huge lack of nancial support for local sports
clubs and gyms has put young people at greater
risk of criminal exploitation. This has seen an
increase in criminal behaviour and more worryingly,
youth gun and knife crime.
Youth services cuts have left very little in after
school activities. Community sports clubs up and
down the country are now a main voluntary type
community service that sees a high number of
young people attend, giving them a sense of
community and belonging, helping them develop
positive social relationships and build support
networks and gaining life-long social skills.
Sport not only helps young people get t, and teach
self-discipline, it provides them with an opportunity
to gain a real sense of achievement to reach their
own personal goals whilst helping to banish the
temptations that lie within many inner city areas.
Through the guidance of experienced coaches and
trainers, young people learn valuable life skills such
as teamwork, goal setting, and perseverance.
Sport helps to promote self condence and well
being as well as providing opportunities to engage
with positive activities away from potential criminal
exploitation.
Our vision provides a path to educate and engage
young people in the role that sport can play within
disadvantaged, inner-city communities, showcasing
sport as a positive vehicle to encourage them to
take up alternative opportunities. Our events raise
much needed funds for community sports clubs
and regional charities whilst supporting young
people who want to invest in a sport which may not
available in their local community.
Our vision raises awareness of the lack of youth
recreational facilities available due to national
government constraints on funding, engages the
youth and community whilst promoting healthy
and positive lifestyles, enriching the local
community giving young people with no sporting
experience, a safe and enjoyable environment to
prosper.
THOUSANDS of children
will be taken into care due
to budget cuts, council
bosses warn.
Source: The Independent
Government cutbacks
mean youth services
suer £1b funding cuts in
less than a decade.
Source: C&YP Now
The Government must
act now to end this social
care crisis.
Source: C&YP Now
Youth Services suer
70% funding cut in less
than a decade.
Source: YMCA
Children’s centres are a lifeline for
families across the country.
But now they are at risk of closure.
Source: Action for Children